[BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir, editor]. MARCY, Randolph B. The Prairie Traveler. Fourth edition, the first edited by Burton.
[BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890), editor]. MARCY, Randolph B. (1812-1887). The Prairie Traveler, a Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and a Map. London: Trübner and Co., 1863.
8vo (181 x 117 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map, numerous engraved illustrations. (Slight toning, light marginal creasing.) 20th-century half calf. Provenance: Haverhill Public Library (embossed stamps to a few leaves).
Fourth edition, the first edited by Burton. "After half a lifetime spent on the western plains and in the Rocky Mountains, Captain Marcy was well qualified to advise the prospective emigrant… By 1859, the routes of overland travel had been well established, and Marcy set out twenty-eight of them, including one to the Pike's Peak gold region which had recently been discovered. The book was then brought up to date in 1863 with a new edition, published in London by Trübner, and edited by Richard Burton, who had just returned from a visit to Salt Lake City" (Wagner-Camp 335:4). Graff 2677; Howes M-279; Sabin 44515; Spink 25.